July Stray Duckling Blog Waddle - Summer

 Hello again!  Welcome to another inspirational Blog Waddle by the Stray Ducklings of Central Illinois!

This month's theme is anything that means summer to us.  For me, it's birthdays!  We have SOOO many birthdays in June, July, August and September...June 28th, youngest granddaughter, July 11th, my oldest granddaughter, July 12th- my oldest son, July 18th, my husband, July 28th my youngest son, July 29th my grandson.  My dad's birthday was also on July 29th.  August 3rd, my brother-in-law, August 13th another grandson, August 24th, my daughter-in-law and in September on the 7th and 13th - 2 more grandsons.  Wow!

So I'm going to show you some birthday cards that I have made for various grandchildren, children,  and acquaintances.  

Here is the first one:  A little Puffin and tie Die... made with the delightful 2021 in-colors of Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia.  

The second card, I actually sent to my aunt who turned 92 in May.  I just wanted to remind her that she is still a spring chicken!

The third card is a fun fold flip card and using one of my favoirte stamp sets and punches - sweet ice cream!

I want to show you is one I made for my 5 year old granddaughter.  It's a diamond pop-up card and believe it or not, she was impressed...warning - I used a retired stamp set.

The last card is what I made for my 9 year old granddaughter.  My first pet was a turtle...his name was Wiggles.  Here's to you Wiggles and Maelyn!

Well, that's about it.  Hope you enjoyed my endless summer birthday cards.  Youe next hop will be to Nancy Legate

Here is a list of all the Stray Duckling Bloggers:

Kim Baker
Sheryl Diemer
Nancy Legate
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner

Have a blessed day!

Sheryl

July Class is Now in Session - Sign up today!

 Hi All!

I'm continuing this month with the one-sheet wonder cards and it just so happens to coincide with the DSP sale that Stampin'Up is having now.  See the link on the right side column for details... or click on the images at the bottom of my post.  

This month I'm doing what is called a Double Wonder - This originated with Shannon West our DMV for the Great Lakes Area with Stampin'Up.  She did a zoom meeting last year showing us how to use 2 coordinating 6 x 12 sheets of designer series paper to make 11 cards with 4 different layouts.  You can make 11 cards very quickly - they are simple and really cute.  Then one of the Central Illinois Stampin'Up demonstrators, Julie Davison, wrote out detailed instructions - great resource and then did a You Tube video showing how to put the cards together.  Check it out here.   And here is her blog post showing the cards in detail....

So this month I used this concept and created cards using the beautiful new DSP - In Symmetry.  The card bases are some of the colors found in the paper:  Night of Navy, Bumble Bee and Just Jade.  Stamp and punch out greetings, cut your dsp, and add a bit of ribbon and you have 11 beautiful, easy to make cards.  

I'm offering my class on either Tuesday, July 27th - 10am - 2pm, or Friday, same time.  Since we are making 11 cards with envelopes, the cost for the class and kit is $30.  Be sure to contact me to sign up.  Space is limited. 

Thanks for stopping by today...Hope you have a wonderful day stamping!

Blessings,

Sheryl